Future for OSU looks bright

Next year's team will be much like this year

6:18 AM,
Apr. 4, 2013

Ohio State's LaQuinton Ross sits in the locker room after his team lost 70-66 to Wichita State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Written by

Rob McCurdy
CentralOhio.com

If last year's postmortem column was about questions, this year's look ahead is about answers.

If All-American junior forward Deshaun Thomas does leave for the NBA draft, it's easy to see many of his minutes (and more importantly his shots) going to LaQuinton Ross after the way Ross handled himself in the postseason. He averaged 15 points in four NCAA Tournament games, hit his first game-winning shot and played well in helping the team win the Big Ten Tournament for the third time in four years.

Thomas plays with more emotion and swagger, and probably with more effort, but Ross is a better ...